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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • December 11, 2025

    Navajo President Reinstates Controller Amid Legal Dispute

    Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has agreed to formally recognize that Sean McCabe is the tribe's controller, ending a dispute over the first-in-command's efforts to terminate his employment.

  • December 11, 2025

    10th Circ. Reveals Judge Contacted Ex-Atty In 'Tiger King' Case

    A Tenth Circuit panel considering a copyright infringement claim against Netflix over a video clip in its popular "Tiger King" docuseries has requested the parties' input on whether a judge on the panel should recuse himself after inadvertently contacting a former attorney of the plaintiff last month on an unrelated legal matter.

  • December 11, 2025

    Former Colo. DA Suspended For Professional Misconduct

    A former Colorado district attorney has been suspended from practicing law for six months by a disciplinary judge after failing to adequately prosecute one case, improperly involving himself in another, and calling his prior office a "pile of steaming diarrhea and hatred."

  • December 11, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Toss Drug Plea Over Judge's Involvement

    The Third Circuit on Thursday refused to vacate a plea agreement in a drug case, finding that while a Pennsylvania federal judge violated judicial rules by imposing a longer sentence than prosecutors wanted, the defendant was unable to prove that the interference substantially violated his rights.

  • December 11, 2025

    Atlanta Nonprofit Says Law Firm's Lies Blocked Housing Deal

    An affordable housing nonprofit in Atlanta has accused a Georgia law firm, attorney and their client in state court of lying and improperly blocking its attempt to sell townhomes it had developed, arguing that the defendants defied a court order in an underlying real estate dispute.

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